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The Novel

“An engaging, sincere and powerful account of an immigrant family chasing the American dream.” Kirkus Reviews

“Patricia Selbert is an author with genuine knowledge of immigrating to the United States. The research and compassion are evident. With a compelling plot and characters, the reader is held from the early going, experiencing the colorful Caribbean culture in matching verse.” -The US Review of Books

The Memoir

This memoir reveals the difficulties of the immigrant's experience. The author chronicles the emotions immigrants feel as they grieve the absence of their culture of origin, discover a new language and culture, and integrate them with their past. Learners of English as a second language will relate to this powerful story and be inspired by it (193 pages).